Wednesday, 24th Week in Ordinary Time September 20, 2023
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Wednesday, 24th Week in Ordinary Time September 20, 2023, Luke 7: 31-35 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/092023.cfm Dancing with Jesus. Presidential campaigns seem like they go on forever. Conservative and liberal candidates spend millions of dollars on travel and commercials. While they stayed their policies, most of what they do is bash each other. […]
Tuesday, 24h Week in Ordinary Time, September 19, 2023
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Tuesday, 24th Week in Ordinary Time September 19, 2023, Luke 7:11-17 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/tuesday-twenty-fourth-week-ordinary-time “I Command You; Get Up!” My heart goes out to parents who lost a child in death! It is devastating, and the sorry seems never to go away. Yet, we may know a friend who is as good […]
Monday, 24th Week in Ordinary Time September 18, 2023
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Monday, 24th Week in Ordinary Time September 18, 2023, Luke 7:1-10 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091823.cfm Jesus’ Heroes We all have an alarm that goes off in someone who is in a crisis. Strangers run into a burning house to save someone. We know everyday heroes who sacrifice themselves for the good of others […]
Sunday in Ordinary Time September 17, 2023
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time September 17, 2023 Matthew 18:21-35 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091723.cfm How Grateful Am I? When I read this gospel of the ungrateful servant, I was flooded with the many blessings I have received throughout my life. I couldn’t begin to count them. God blesses all of us with his […]
Saturday, 23rd Week in Ordinary Time September 16, 2023
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Saturday, 23rd Week in Ordinary Time September 16, 2023, Luke 6:43-49 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091623.cfm Deep Roots I know of a friend whose neighbor’s tree hit her house during a tropical storm. It was too top-heavy for the weak root system to keep it upright during the high winds. Life’s storms also come […]
Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows September 15, 2023
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for The Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows September 15, 2023, John 19:33-35 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091523.cfm Stand by My Side The most difficult of all funerals is when a mother or father buries their child. Who can comprehend the sorrow a parent is experiencing when they see their flesh lying in a coffin? […]
Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross September 14, 2023
Fr. Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross September 14, 2023, John 3:13-17 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091423.cfm Don’t Be Afraid of the Sting In every Catholic Church and Chapel throughout the world, we are celebrating today an instrument of execution called “The Exaltation of the Cross.” The Romans adopted this most torturous form […]
Wednesday, 23rd Week in Ordinary Time September 13, 2023
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Wednesday, 23rd Week in Ordinary Time September 13, 2023, Luke 6:20-26 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091323.cfm Poor, Hungry, Weeping, Hated, And Persecuted – But Blessed. What a challenge Jesus presents to us! A willingness to be poor, hungry, weeping, hated, and persecuted is not very appealing: Unless your heart is overcome with so […]
Tuesday, 23rd Week in Ordinary Time September 12, 2023
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Tuesday, 23rd Week in Ordinary Time September 12, 2023, Luke 6:12-19 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091223.cfm Pray First. The Lord Jesus is incredible and never ceases to amaze me, filling my heart with wonder. There is a vast difference between when I pray and when I don’t pray before going into a difficult […]
Monday 23rd Week in Ordinary Time September 11, 2023
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Monday 23rd Week in Ordinary Time September 11, 2023, Luke 6:6-11 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091123.cfm TRIGGERS. We all have triggers, involuntary reactions to situations or something someone says or does. Over time, we think, say, and do the same thing when something happens. It happens when watching a baseball or football game. […]